Interview: Director SS Rajamouli On BAAHUBALI, An Epic Undertaking

This Friday sees the domestic release of Baahubali: The Beginning, touted as the most expensive Indian film ever made. Directed by SS Rajamouli (Eega, Magadheera) and boasting a cast that includes such talents as Prabhas, Anushka Shetty and Rana Daggubati, the Telugu-language period epic is set to become a box office behemoth.

Back in April, ScreenAnarchy was invited to Ramoji Film City in Hyderabad to see some of the epic sets used in the film, and to visit the offices of production company Arka Media Works. There we were privileged enough to meet with director Rajamouli, who granted us an interview to discuss his experiences making the film. 

The first of an epic two-part saga, with a plot still largely shrouded in mystery, Baahubali: The Beginning looks - from the tantalising snippets of footage we were shown - to be a fantastically entertaining film, not to mention a mammoth undertaking. In the following interview, Rajamouli talks about his inspirations and experiences, and shares his opinions on violence and music in contemporary Indian Cinema.

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